There is a thing called the death wish, a literal thing. It doesn't mean you want to die. It just means however we're built, as we get into these years, some inner part of you does begin to accept the fact that you're heading towards the end, and there's a peace that comes with that.

It's interesting to fantasize having a man sink his teeth into your neck for sustenance, knowing that it isn't going to be terribly painful but rather very exciting

It's my job to try to communicate with as little showiness as possible. I was a really showy actor as a young man.

I have a list a mile long of faults that sometimes bring me to my knees in self-hatred.

Actors want to show off and dance in front of you and get your love, because they don't think they're worthy of it in any other way.

There's nothing like the bravery and the strength and the extraordinary optimism of a five-year-old child in a cancer hospital, fighting to live. It's there inside the spirit.

I just always thought, I love acting and I love writing. And when I haven't got any more good breath and good energy, then I'll write.